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A v UNITED STATES PATENT. (drr cii.

' I JoHN ROBERTSON, or rorrsv nnn, PENNSYLVANIA.

, v EXTRACT OF MEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 283,147, dated August14,1883.

Application filed February 8, 1853. (No specimens.) 7

To all whom; itmay' concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ROBERTSON, a citizen of the United States,residingatPotts ville, in the county of Schuylkill and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TonicCompounds; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,ande-Xact description of the invention, such as willenableothers skilledin the art to which it appertains, 1301113103 and use My invention hasrelation to tonic compounds, and is both curative and nutritive in itsnature. It enables me to supply to the human system, in such proportionsas have found to be the most needfu], the, gray and white. tissues ofthe brain and nerves, and alsothe vital partsofthe human body. It isdesigned to restore these organs when diseased, and to preserve them inahealthy condition.

the taste and easy to digest'and assimilate.

In preparingthis remedy I proceed as follows, viz: Itake one pound ofanimalbrain and I spinal marrow, four ounces of animal- :lung tissue,one ounce of animal-heart, two ounces of animal-liver, one ounce ofanimal kidney, one ounce of animal-pancreas, and

four ounces of animal-stomach. Ohop these all very fine together. Placethis mixture in a suitable vessel with two gills of water. Then I setthis vessel ,with its contents in'a larger vesgently for fifteenminutes, Then take out the mixture, and by pressing andstraining secure.all the nourishing elements of the ingredients in'fluid form. I now addtwo (2) pounds of white sugar to every pint of thefluid thus ob tained,dissolving the same by gently heating and constantly stirringit.

Dose: From one (1) to two (2) tablespoonfuls three times a day,immediately after meals. y

The organs and glands shouldbe taken from healthybeef-cattle, sheep,hogs, or other domestic animals whose meat is used for foods I am awarethat several of the ingredients of my formula are well known as articlesof food, anddo not claim novelty in that respect. I am also aware of apatent, No. 81,190, granted to A. Meyer Berk, fora sirup of extract ofbeef, and do not claim such as my invention.

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v Theherein-described tonic compound, consistin g of the combination ofanimal brain and spinal marrow, lung tissue, heart, liver, kidney,pancreas, stomach, and sugar, in approxi-- mately the proportionsspecified, and prepared substantially as specified.

in presence of two witnesses.

mark.

his JOHN X ROBERTSON.

Vitnesses: I

FRED. F. WADE, F. W. MOYER. at;

In testimony whereof I affix my signature

